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ISNU welcomed veterans after WWII
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‘Trolley Days’ raised funds for the underprivileged
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‘Welby and Pearl,’ minstrel act with local roots
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Scrappy Ironmen earned state berth in ’42
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Central Illinois final resting place for once-enslaved persons
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ISU held racially segregated spring dances in the 1930s and ’40s
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‘Pop’ Dillon of Normal found baseball success in LA
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Portable Elevator plant closed in 1987
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Baby Fold donation shines spotlight on architect
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WW I home front featured French-Belgian relief
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Area’s deadliest cholera outbreak in 1855
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Women’s Improvement League kept Normal clean and healthy
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‘Pop’ Horton organized campus circus fraternity in 1929
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BroMenn donation speaks to 125 years of community service
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Kent State shootings spark month of campus unrest
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Project to mark firefighter graves lesson in history
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‘Spanish craze’ of 1920s left imprint on area architecture
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Standpipe once towered over Twin Cities
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Intrepid Pantagrapher paid visit to Santa’s North Pole
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Homemade Christmas dinner once a McLean County jail tradition
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Prof. June Rose Colby lived ‘life of the mind’
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Normal’s rich past dealt blow with razing of Fell house in 1980

Biographies

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Bynum, Lincoln
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McCormick, Henry
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Moratz, Paul
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Duff, Peter
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Thomas, George Washington
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Harris, Carter
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Merchant, Mary Arenz
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Colby, Celestia Rice
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Barton, Lucinda
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Porter, Ida
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Hanson, Ethel Hamilton
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Smith, Alice Orme
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Dodge, Flora Pennell
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Eyestone, Lura
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Neville, Edith
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Bakewell, Edwin
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Pillsbury, Arthur L.
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Green, Harry -"The Flying LaVans"
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Green, Fred -"The Flying LaVans"
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Fell, Hester Vernon
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Fell, Jesse Weldon
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Malone, Simon Booth
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Dillon, Ellis
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Dillon, Martha Fisher
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Becker, Augusta "Gussie"
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Belt, Edith Pressler
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Cahill, Francis
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Duff, Alverta
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Duff, Julia
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Fitzwilliam, Sarah Raymond
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Milner, Angeline Vernon
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Wright, Ebenezer

Blog

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Holiness Tabernacle Normal, 1929

Hog Heaven Klafke Farm, August 1942

Sinoark’s ‘Frontier Room’ Opens October 1959

Campus Fashion ISNU September 1941

Corn map of McLean County December 1909

Jack Cruser ‘Ugliest’ Costume Winner, 1968

Veterans Parkway as the Route 66 ‘Beltline’ December 1960

Three Yards and a Cloud of Dust ISNU vs. IWU, November 21, 1936

Illinois State Normal University Homecoming Parade, October 25, 1958

‘Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile’ 1961 Edition

Mennonite School of Nursing Junior-Senior banquet, May 14, 1930

Wheeler Triplets, June 4, 1936 Brokaw Hospital, Normal

Photo of the Week, 24: Seven ball in the corner pocket . . .

Photo of the Week, 32: Are you ready for some football?

Photo of the Week, 64: Redbirds Crowned National Champs in 1969

Photo of the Week, 67: Welcome to Normal, 1969

Photo of the Week, 75: Amen and Let's Eat!

Photo of the Week, 82: 'Starr' Attraction at Normal Chamber Banquet, 1969

Photo of the Week, 83: Swiped Bell Returned to Redbird Roost, September 20, 1967

Photo of the Week, 94: Thanksgiving at ISSCS, 1962

Photo of the Week, 96: The Most Popular Guy in the Room

Springtime in “BloNo’ Iris Walk, 1939

Reserve Champions Illinois State Fair, August 17, 1949

Fall Means College Football ISNU ‘Teachers,’ 1907

Old Main Comes Down September 9, 1958

Angelic Coeds, September 27, 1940 Dedication of the Van Leer Chime Tower

The Times They Have Changed! Town of Normal, 1966

Illinois State Normal University Junior-Senior Prom, 1949

Normal Sanitary Dairy baseball uniform donated to Museum

‘Brick’ Young, March 1936 Pantagraph Sports Editor and Official

McDonald’s Open for Business 806 S. Main St., Normal February 1959

Illinois Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home Home Band, 1930

McDonald’s in Normal 806 S. Main St., 1961

McLean County Fairgrounds, 1956

Photo of the Week, 129: Reserve Champions Illinois State Fair, August 17, 1949

Jesse Fell House March 1947

Photo of the Week, 1: Bowling Association Tournament

Photo of the Week, 117: ISSCS Graduates, 1958

Photo of the Week: ISSCS Graduates, 1958

Photo of the Week, 124: ‘Swing Time’ at Victory Hall October 1935

Photo of the Week, 12: Fore!

Photo of the Week, 122: Watterson Towers, October 1967 -- Twenty-One Stories to Go!

Photo of the Week, 130: Dogs of War, 1946 Bella and Her Two Surprises

Photo of the Week, 41: We’re Number One!

Photo of the Week, 57: Dedication of the Normal Post Office, 1936

Photo of the Week, 99: Calling All Cars! Normal Police Department, 1938

Labor Secretary Visits Bloomington October 17, 1935

Two Pieces of World War II Accessioned into the Museum's Library and Archives

Farming in the Great Corn Belt

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Erosion

Finding Aids

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ISU Athletics

Vietnam Moving Wall

Young, Fred H.

Wyckoff, Martin

Bloomington-Normal Garden Club

Normal Community Garden Club

Normal History Club

First National Bank of Normal

Normal Avenue Neighborhood Club

Old North Normal Historic District Association

One O’Clock Schoolers Club

Steak N Shake

Wood, Lois Postcard

Gossard, Steve Railroad

Mennonite Hospital Nursing

Wallace, Glen / Diamond-Star Motors / Mitsubishi Motors

Harvey Family

Building a Home 505 Bowles

Baby Fold

Fell Collection

Normal Literary Center Collection

Sister City Asahikawa

Bloomington-Normal Junior Women’s Club

Clarke, Marguerite E.

Hall, Robert S. Diary

Kinser, Betty

Hockey

Normal Municipal

Normal Summer Theatre

Siebert, Dorothy Softball

Oral Histories

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Josephine Samuels & Reginald Whittaker

Wilbur Barton

Publications

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Normal, McLean County, Illinois 1885

Holiness Tabernacle Normal, 1929

Hog Heaven Klafke Farm, August 1942

Sinoark’s ‘Frontier Room’ Opens October 1959

Campus Fashion ISNU September 1941

Corn map of McLean County December 1909

Jack Cruser ‘Ugliest’ Costume Winner, 1968

Veterans Parkway as the Route 66 ‘Beltline’ December 1960

Three Yards and a Cloud of Dust ISNU vs. IWU, November 21, 1936

Illinois State Normal University Homecoming Parade, October 25, 1958

‘Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile’ 1961 Edition

Mennonite School of Nursing Junior-Senior banquet, May 14, 1930

Wheeler Triplets, June 4, 1936 Brokaw Hospital, Normal

Photo of the Week, 24: Seven ball in the corner pocket . . .

Photo of the Week, 32: Are you ready for some football?

Photo of the Week, 64: Redbirds Crowned National Champs in 1969

Photo of the Week, 67: Welcome to Normal, 1969

Photo of the Week, 75: Amen and Let's Eat!

Photo of the Week, 82: 'Starr' Attraction at Normal Chamber Banquet, 1969

Photo of the Week, 83: Swiped Bell Returned to Redbird Roost, September 20, 1967

Photo of the Week, 94: Thanksgiving at ISSCS, 1962

Photo of the Week, 96: The Most Popular Guy in the Room

Springtime in “BloNo’ Iris Walk, 1939

Reserve Champions Illinois State Fair, August 17, 1949

Fall Means College Football ISNU ‘Teachers,’ 1907

Old Main Comes Down September 9, 1958

Angelic Coeds, September 27, 1940 Dedication of the Van Leer Chime Tower

The Times They Have Changed! Town of Normal, 1966

Illinois State Normal University Junior-Senior Prom, 1949

Normal Sanitary Dairy baseball uniform donated to Museum

‘Brick’ Young, March 1936 Pantagraph Sports Editor and Official

McDonald’s Open for Business 806 S. Main St., Normal February 1959

Illinois Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home Home Band, 1930

McDonald’s in Normal 806 S. Main St., 1961

McLean County Fairgrounds, 1956

Photo of the Week, 129: Reserve Champions Illinois State Fair, August 17, 1949

Jesse Fell House March 1947

Photo of the Week, 1: Bowling Association Tournament

Photo of the Week, 117: ISSCS Graduates, 1958

Photo of the Week: ISSCS Graduates, 1958

Photo of the Week, 124: ‘Swing Time’ at Victory Hall October 1935

Photo of the Week, 12: Fore!

Photo of the Week, 122: Watterson Towers, October 1967 -- Twenty-One Stories to Go!

Photo of the Week, 130: Dogs of War, 1946 Bella and Her Two Surprises

Photo of the Week, 41: We’re Number One!

Photo of the Week, 57: Dedication of the Normal Post Office, 1936

Photo of the Week, 99: Calling All Cars! Normal Police Department, 1938

Labor Secretary Visits Bloomington October 17, 1935

Two Pieces of World War II Accessioned into the Museum's Library and Archives